$12 Billion Metro Plan Has Trolleys, Rapid Buses - It’s interesting the heavy rail folks are diversifying and toning down their needs. They always ran buses, but they were against lightrail and/or busways, as the article says, that provided parallel service. Of course, their definition of “parallel service” could be quite broad. And with The Dulles Corridor Deluxe, I can’t believe they haven’t settled on a means (other than car) to get to Dulles Airport yet. But now they seem to be throwing developers a bone with the idea of development over the toll/access roads. And if money like that gets involved…